This assignment is going to build on Assignments 1 and 2 and the feedback you received from your instructor. You will be crafting an argument that addresses potential obstacles to effectively applying EEBDM (from Week 6) as they relate to your project topic. Essentially, you will be making this argument: Conflicts that arise could affect my use of EEBDM.
Step 1: Begin constructing your argument map using claim 1.1: Conflicts that arise could affect my use of EEBDM.
Step 2: Identify 3 conflicts mentioned in Week 6 that could pop up and affect your use of EEBDM. Here are the options:
- Ethics conflicts with evidence
- The need for evidence conflicts with situational constraints (e.g., time pressure)
- Some evidence conflicts with other evidence
- One ethical obligation conflicts with another
- One stakeholder group’s needs/wants conflict with those of another stakeholder group’s (a special case of the previous item in the list according to stakeholder theory)
- What the evidence says conflicts with how people feel about the issue
- Evidence-based conclusions conflict with the agendas of relevant influencers.
Step 3: Identify why each of the conflicts you identified in Step 1 could affect your use of EEBDM (i.e., why each might have an adverse effect on your use of EEBDM). These will form the 2.x level of your argument map (along with any needed siblings/co-premises).
Step 4. Provide any additional explanation why for each of those conflicts. These will form relevant premises below the 2.x level (see 3.1 and 3.2 in the example map below).
Step 5. Identify ways to reduce the effect of each conflict. These will form the cornerstone of your rebuttals. Note that this is one argument where hanging rebuttals are called for (see 4.1, 5.3, 5.4, and 4.7 in the example map).
Step 6. Add sticky notes to relevant parts of your argument map to identify where course content informs your argument (see multiple examples in assignment example). Your argument map is required to include a minimum of 5 citations of course content.
Step 7. Finalize your map and download it as both a pdf and as an image (png or jpeg only) file (you must do each separately).
Step 8. Construct your assignment in Word using the format below.
- Brief Introduction of Topic: Copied and pasted from Assignment 2
- Decision Statement: Copied and pasted from Assignment 2
- Sources/Types of Evidence: This should be provided as a Table in this section. Simply list each source of evidence used (e.g., stakeholder, scientific), the type of evidence (e.g., factual, statistical), and its role in informing the decision. (This is essentially a summary from Section C of Assignment 2, along with any tweaks you made based on instructor feedback. High-quality formats for the table can be found in the 2 example assignments.)
- Argument Map embedded as an image file (downloaded in Step 7)
- Decision-Making Conflicts: List each conflict and explain the reason why it could affect your use of EEBDM (e.g., Conflict 1: …, Conflict 2: …)
- Reducing the Adverse Effect of Conflicts: List each conflict and explain how you will reduce the potential for it to have an adverse effect (e.g., Conflict 1: Explanation for reducing conflict, Conflict 2: Explanation for reducing conflict)
- References (APA-formatted references constructed using Citation Machine). You are required to have a minimum of 5 course-specific references that were also cited in the map and text.
Step 9. Submit both the Word version from Step 8 AND the pdf of just the argument map (from Step 7) as the assignment documents.
- The Word document should be no more than 5 total pages of text written in Times New Roman 12-point font, double spaced.
- Note that the page maximum excludes title page, references, tables, and figures (including the argument map figure). Points may be deducted for failure to conform to the formatting requirements.